US3884618A - Gas lighters - Google Patents

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US3884618A
US3884618A US376446A US37644673A US3884618A US 3884618 A US3884618 A US 3884618A US 376446 A US376446 A US 376446A US 37644673 A US37644673 A US 37644673A US 3884618 A US3884618 A US 3884618A
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Guy Neyret
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Genoud et Cie SA
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23Q—IGNITION; EXTINGUISHING-DEVICES
    • F23Q2/00—Lighters containing fuel, e.g. for cigarettes
    • F23Q2/16—Lighters with gaseous fuel, e.g. the gas being stored in liquid phase
    • F23Q2/162—Lighters with gaseous fuel, e.g. the gas being stored in liquid phase with non-adjustable gas flame
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23Q—IGNITION; EXTINGUISHING-DEVICES
    • F23Q2/00—Lighters containing fuel, e.g. for cigarettes
    • F23Q2/16—Lighters with gaseous fuel, e.g. the gas being stored in liquid phase
    • F23Q2/162—Lighters with gaseous fuel, e.g. the gas being stored in liquid phase with non-adjustable gas flame
    • F23Q2/163—Burners (gas valves)

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  • the body is provided with a gas outlet channel July 10, 1972 France 72.25377 which is Closed b an i l member carried by the lever.
  • An aperture is provided in the lever laterally off- [52] U.S. C1 431/254; 431/276 Set from the gas outlet channel and constitutes a [51] Int. Cl. F23q 1/04 burner aperture There is a seal between the burner [58] Fleld of Search 431/254, 130, 131, 276, aperture and gas outlet channel and the lighter igni 431/277 tion system is supported by a rotatable head on which the lever is also supported so that the lever and igni- References cued tion system rotate simultaneously.
  • the present invention relates to a solution of this problem.
  • the solution consists in locating the gas outlet channel and its closure member supported by a lever, in the central axis of the lighter body, and of laterally offsetting the burner aperture also supported by this lever which is pivotally mounted on a rotatable head threaded on the lighter body and also carrying the ignition system, the head bearing on a deformable outlet channel for adjusting the flow of gas therethrough.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic view of a lighter according to the invention in which the gas seal is obtained by a labyrinth effect;
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 are similar diagrammatic views of two other embodiments of the lighter in which the gas seal is ensured by an annular gasket;
  • FIG. 4 is an axial section view of the lighter shown in FIG. 1.
  • the reference numeral 1 designates the lighter body, 2 the gas outlet aperture, and 3 the moving lever provided with the burner aper ture 4 offset laterally with respect to the gas outlet aperture 2, and a head 30 rotatably threaded on the body 1 and carrying the lever 3.
  • This head 30 is mounted to rotate on the body 1, and for this purpose it comprises (see FIG. 4) a central sleeve which is threaded onto a connection 16 attached to or integral with the body 1, and provided with a passage way 16' communicating between the aperture 2 and a gas reservoir formed in the body 1.
  • the gas outlet aperture 2 is formed in a member 6 fitted inside the sleeve 15 abutting the connection 16 and made of a flexible deformable material. In the nonfunctional position of the lighter (FIGS. 1, 2 and 4) this aperture 2 is closed by a needle-valve 5 integral with lever 3.
  • the member 6 By screwing the head downward on the central connection 16, the member 6 is compressed reducing the section of the gas outlet aperture 2 and thus flow of gas .therethrough providing the means for adjusting a flame.
  • a porous material 17 Placed inside the passageway l6 is a porous material 17 which ensures the expansion of the gas by a throttling effect.
  • the lever 3 comprises a clevis l8 straddling a shaft 19 of a flint wheel 20 against which a pyrophoric flint 21 subject to the action of a thrust spring 22 bears, the shaft 19 being mounted on the head 30.
  • the lever 3 is pivotally mounted on the head and is normally retained in the closed positon by the action of a spring 23.
  • This lever 3 has a projecting plate 24 which the user presses after having actuated the flint wheel 20 which pivots the lever 3 and raises the needle-valve 5.
  • the flame height is adjusted by a simple rotation of the head 30 on the body 1 without incidence on the ignition mechanism participating in this rotation, a movement which is, moreover, of relatively restricted amplitude.
  • a lighter comprising:
  • a hollow cylindrical body defining a gas reservoir and having an axial passage
  • a head rotatably mounted on said body and having means for varying the flow cross-section of said passage upon such rotation;
  • a lever pivotably mounted on said head and formed with valve means in axial alignment with said passage for selectively opening and closing same;
  • ignition means on said head for the ignition of gas emanating from said burner aperture.
  • a lighter as defined in claim 1 wherein said sealing means comprises:
  • annular gasket between said boss and said skirt for preventing lateral escape of gas around said boss when said lever is raised.
  • said ignition means includes a flint wheel rotatable on said head, and a flint received in said head and engaging said wheel;
  • said head is formed with a downwardly extending axial central internally threaded sleeve threadedly receiving said neck and provided with a channel communicating with said passage;

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US418823A US3884616A (en) 1972-11-27 1973-11-26 Lighter with head rotatable for flame adjustment

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AT (1) AT322883B (fr)
BE (1) BE800910A (fr)
BR (1) BR7305066D0 (fr)
CA (1) CA982834A (fr)
CH (1) CH564731A5 (fr)
DK (1) DK140769B (fr)
FR (1) FR2209077B1 (fr)
GB (1) GB1422824A (fr)
IT (1) IT989257B (fr)
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US4008992A (en) * 1973-11-20 1977-02-22 Societe Anonyme Dite Etablissement Genoud & Cie. Valve system, particularly for cigarette lighter
US4074680A (en) * 1976-07-09 1978-02-21 Marvin Sexton Gooding Telescoping hood fireplace
US5018965A (en) * 1988-11-18 1991-05-28 Yaka Feudor K.K. Liquid fuel gasifying device and method for producing the device, and burning device
US5483978A (en) * 1993-07-28 1996-01-16 Bic Corporation Lighter with guard
US5735294A (en) * 1993-07-28 1998-04-07 Bic Corporation Lighter with guard
US6036478A (en) * 1997-12-10 2000-03-14 Tokai Corporation Fire-lighting device
US6186774B1 (en) 1999-10-15 2001-02-13 Calogero Butera, Jr. Modular butane lighter
US6485291B2 (en) 2001-01-11 2002-11-26 Bic Corporation Covered spark-generating device for a lighter with engageable manipulable member
US20080241781A1 (en) * 2005-10-28 2008-10-02 Sefmat Rue De Betnoms Hot Air Internal Ignition Burner/Generator

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US4680007A (en) * 1985-04-29 1987-07-14 Schaechter Friedrich Lighter with adjustable flame

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US3770367A (en) * 1972-07-11 1973-11-06 Garrity P Lighter and flame regulator

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FR1603768A (fr) * 1968-11-19 1971-05-24

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US3770367A (en) * 1972-07-11 1973-11-06 Garrity P Lighter and flame regulator

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4008992A (en) * 1973-11-20 1977-02-22 Societe Anonyme Dite Etablissement Genoud & Cie. Valve system, particularly for cigarette lighter
US4074680A (en) * 1976-07-09 1978-02-21 Marvin Sexton Gooding Telescoping hood fireplace
US5018965A (en) * 1988-11-18 1991-05-28 Yaka Feudor K.K. Liquid fuel gasifying device and method for producing the device, and burning device
US5483978A (en) * 1993-07-28 1996-01-16 Bic Corporation Lighter with guard
US5735294A (en) * 1993-07-28 1998-04-07 Bic Corporation Lighter with guard
US6036478A (en) * 1997-12-10 2000-03-14 Tokai Corporation Fire-lighting device
US6186774B1 (en) 1999-10-15 2001-02-13 Calogero Butera, Jr. Modular butane lighter
US6485291B2 (en) 2001-01-11 2002-11-26 Bic Corporation Covered spark-generating device for a lighter with engageable manipulable member
US20080241781A1 (en) * 2005-10-28 2008-10-02 Sefmat Rue De Betnoms Hot Air Internal Ignition Burner/Generator
US8678816B2 (en) * 2005-10-28 2014-03-25 Sefmat Hot air internal ignition burner/generator

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DK140769B (da) 1979-11-12
BR7305066D0 (pt) 1974-09-05
BE800910A (fr) 1973-10-01
DE2333806A1 (de) 1974-01-31
FR2209077B1 (fr) 1974-12-27
DE2333806B2 (de) 1977-05-12
IT989257B (it) 1975-05-20
FR2209077A1 (fr) 1974-06-28
SE384911B (sv) 1976-05-24
CA982834A (en) 1976-02-03
AT322883B (de) 1975-06-10
DK140769C (fr) 1980-04-14
CH564731A5 (fr) 1975-07-31
NL7309543A (fr) 1974-01-14
GB1422824A (en) 1976-01-28

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